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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by aeternum on Sunday March 19, 2023 @04:56PM (#35223507)
Create is a somewhat loaded term because no one person creates things of this scale. A better way of looking at it might be:

The Apple II would likely not have been successful without both Wozniak and Jobs.

Would the iPhone have come to fruition without Job's leadership, vision, and design + negotiation skills?

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by mixmastamyk on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:18PM (#35223754)
Not in the hands of Scully or Amelio.
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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by diob on Sunday March 19, 2023 @07:27PM (#35224929)
Yeah, I think you have it.

Folks, especially humans for some reason, want to pin things on single individuals rather than groups. Even though our society and it's grand accomplishments are things that typically only groups can accomplish.

Even a person building "alone" is building something on the backs of those who came before them.

But that desire to name a single person as the "creator" leads to a lot of strife.

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